blanch
11blanch — [bla:ntʃ US blæntʃ] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: blanchir, from blanc white ] 1.) [T] to put vegetables, fruit, or nuts into boiling water for a short time ▪ Blanch the peaches and remove the skins. 2.) [i]literary to become pale… …
12blanch|er — blanch|er1 «BLAN chuhr, BLAHN », noun. a person or thing that blanches or whitens. blanch|er2 «BLAN chuhr, AHN », noun. 1. a person who starts or balks at anything. 2. a person stationed to turn game in some direction. 3. Obsolete. a person who… …
13Blanch. — Blanch., Abkürzung für Emile Blanchard (s.d. 2) …
14blanch — [ blæntʃ ] verb 1. ) intransitive MAINLY LITERARY to be so shocked or frightened that your face becomes pale 2. ) transitive to put fruit, nuts, or vegetables into boiling water for a short time, often in order to make it easier to remove the… …
15blanch — vb *whiten, bleach, decolorize, etiolate …
16blanch — [v] become afraid flinch, pale, recoil, shrink, start, wince; concept 27 Ant. be brave …
17blanch — ► VERB 1) make or become white or pale. 2) prepare (vegetables) by immersing briefly in boiling water. 3) peel (almonds) by scalding them. ORIGIN Old French blanchir, from blanc white …
18blanch — v. 1) (D; intr.) to blanch at (he blanched at the sight of the mutilated corpse) 2) (D; intr.) to blanch with (to blanch with fear) * * * [blɑːntʃ] judicial legislative blanch (of the government) [ division ] the executive [ limb of a tree ] to… …
19blanch — [[t]blɑ͟ːntʃ, blæ̱ntʃ[/t]] blanches, blanching, blanched 1) VERB If you blanch, you suddenly become very pale. Simon Doggett s face blanched as he looked at Sharpe s frayed and blood drenched uniform... [V at n] She felt herself blanch at the… …
20blanch — blanch1 blancher, n. /blanch, blahnch/, v.t. 1. to whiten by removing color; bleach: Workers were blanching linen in the sun. 2. Cookery. a. to scald briefly and then drain, as peaches or almonds to facilitate removal of skins, or as rice or… …
